Waste-to-Energy Equipment worked example

Turbine Output Estimate at 99% steam availability and turbine uptime: a worked example

What does the result look like when steam availability and turbine uptime reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when turbine output estimate in waste-to-energy equipment is being asked to take on more work and you need to know if there is room.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Steam turbine gross output per generation cycle: 4 units / cycle (unchanged)
  • Available generation cycles in the period: 480 cycles (unchanged)
  • Steam availability / turbine uptime: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 90)
  • On-spec generation first-pass yield: 97 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross turbine output estimate capacity = turbine output estimate output per cycle × available turbine output estimate cycles) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,844 units for good turbine output estimate capacity, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,920 units for gross turbine output estimate capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 19.2 units for turbine output estimate downtime loss.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 57.02 units for turbine output estimate yield loss.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where steam availability and turbine uptime sits at 90% and the headline result is 1,676 units, this scenario comes in 10% above the baseline at 1,844 units.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when steam availability and turbine uptime is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It treats uptime and yield as flat percentages; it does not model derate curves, part-load steam conditions, or calorific-value swings in the waste stream that change output within a cycle.

Results at a glance

  • Good turbine output estimate capacity: 1,844 units (headline result)
  • Gross turbine output estimate capacity: 1,920 units
  • Turbine output estimate downtime loss: 19.2 units
  • Turbine output estimate yield loss: 57.02 units

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Turbine Output Estimate calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.